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On average, 2 cases of nonpulmonary M. chelonae infection are reported in South Australia each year.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.3201/eid1909.120898 |pmid=23968779 |title=Mycobacterium chelonae ''Abscesses'' Associated with Biomesotherapy, Australia, 2008 |journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases |volume=19 |issue=9 |year=2013 |last1=Ivan |first1=Mihaela |last2=Dancer |first2=Craig |last3=Koehler |first3=Ann P. |last4=Hobby |first4=Michaela |last5=Lease |first5=Chris }}</ref> |
On average, 2 cases of nonpulmonary M. chelonae infection are reported in South Australia each year.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.3201/eid1909.120898 |pmid=23968779 |pmc=3810901 |title=Mycobacterium chelonae ''Abscesses'' Associated with Biomesotherapy, Australia, 2008 |journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases |volume=19 |issue=9 |year=2013 |last1=Ivan |first1=Mihaela |last2=Dancer |first2=Craig |last3=Koehler |first3=Ann P. |last4=Hobby |first4=Michaela |last5=Lease |first5=Chris }}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 12:56, 14 May 2015
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| Mycobacterium chelonae Bergey et al. 1923, ATCC 35752
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Mycobacterium chelonae is a species of the phylum actinobacteria (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus mycobacterium. Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause opportunistic infections of humans.
It is grouped in Runyon group IV.[1]
Type strain: strain CM 6388 = ATCC 35752 = CCUG 47445 = CIP 104535 = DSM 43804 = JCM 6388 = NCTC 946.
Epidemiology
On average, 2 cases of nonpulmonary M. chelonae infection are reported in South Australia each year.[2]
References
- ^ Mycobacterium Chelonae at eMedicine
- ^ Ivan, Mihaela; Dancer, Craig; Koehler, Ann P.; Hobby, Michaela; Lease, Chris (2013). "Mycobacterium chelonae Abscesses Associated with Biomesotherapy, Australia, 2008". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 19 (9). doi:10.3201/eid1909.120898. PMC 3810901. PMID 23968779.
Further reading
- Skerman, V. B. D.; McGowan, V.; Sneath, P. H. A. (1980). "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 30: 225–420. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
- Bergey, D.H.; Harrison, F.C.; Breed, R.S.; Hammer, B.W.; Huntoon, F.M., eds. (1923). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (1st ed.). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. pp. 1–442.
- Hill, L. R.; Skerman, V. B. D.; Sneath, P. H. A. (1984). "Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names: Edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34 (4): 508–11. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-4-508.
- Strickland, Christopher; Jawad, Ali S.M. (2008). "Mycobacterium chelonae: a rare cause of subcutaneous nodules in a patient on long term corticosteroids". Grand Rounds. 8: 4–5. doi:10.10.1102/1470-5206.2008.0002.
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